Northwest Energy Efficiency Task Force

The Northwest Energy Efficiency Taskforce was formed to bring together a group of high-level leaders to focus and improve the efficiency of electricity use throughout the Pacific Northwest.

A number of dramatic changes in the Northwest spurred this effort, including increasing concerns over climate change, growth in regional population paralleled by growing demand for energy, escalating costs for new power sources due to competition for raw materials and skilled labor along with state mandates to achieve increased levels of energy efficiency within specific deadlines.

The taskforce pulled together innovative ideas from successful energy efficiency programs and explored how, through regional collaboration, energy efficiency can be delivered more efficiently.